National
Thousands rally against Illinois budget cuts
June 19, 2009CHICAGO – In a massive midday turnout, thousands of children, students, parents and leading advocates of state and citywide organizations that provide badly needed human services to working families and low-income communities here protested at the...
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New Yorkers oppose JROTC funding
June 19, 2009On June 9 on the steps of New York City Hall, members of Military Families Speak Out, Code Pink and Granny Peace Brigade initiated an effort to delete $2 million from the city budget that is...
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Bankers dig in against Obama regulations
June 19, 2009The ink isn’t dry on President Obama’s plan to protect consumers from financial predators and toughen regulation of Wall Street yet already the bankers are digging in to stop any real change. Edward Yingling, chief executive...
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On same-sex benefits change is welcome but … LGBT leaders challenge Obama to go further
June 19, 2009Leading civil rights organizations welcomed President Obama's memorandum expanding some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees June 17, but called on the President to take bolder steps on other hot-button LGBT equality issues. President...
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The handicap of working for Cuba
June 19, 2009The Supreme Court’s refusal June 15 to review the case of the Cuban Five, whose original trial began in November 2000, invites comparisons of their sentences with those handed out to others with convictions relating to...
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